Alongside these scientific efforts, NRC Herzberg has been working for more than ten years to develop key technologies for the SKA, with a focus on innovations that will have a high impact on scientific utility and potential use for the greater good of the Canadian economy. These key technologies include:

As well as working on the SKA itself, Canadian astronomers are developing a variety of new facilities and experiments aimed at testing the technology needed for the SKA. Foremost amongst these is the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), a unique new kind of radio telescope which is making a three-dimensional map of the Dark Energy that is accelerating the expansion of the Universe. Canadians are also the lead investigators on two of the ten surveys planned for the SKA pathfinder ASKAP, and are heavily involved in many of the other formally designated SKA pathfinders and prototypes